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101Classical Hamiltonian quaternions — For the history of quaternions see:history of quaternions For a more general treatment of quaternions see:quaternions William Rowan Hamilton invented quaternions, a mathematical entity in 1843. This article describes Hamilton s original treatment …
102drawing — /draw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that draws. 2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color. 3. a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil …
103perception — perceptional, adj. /peuhr sep sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding. 2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic… …
104ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
105Multivariate stable distribution — multivariate stable Probability density function Heatmap showing a Multivariate (bivariate) stable distribution with α = 1.1 parameters: exponent shift/location vector …
106Coaxial cable — RG 59 flexible coaxial cable composed of: A: outer plastic sheath B: woven copper shield C: inner dielectric insulator D: copper core Coaxial cable, or coax, has an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by …
107Chiswick House — Chiswick House …
108Shing-Tung Yau — at Harvard Law School dining hall Born …
109Ramification — In mathematics, ramification is a geometric term used for branching out , in the way that the square root function, for complex numbers, can be seen to have two branches differing in sign. It is also used from the opposite perspective (branches… …
110calligraphy — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. calligraphic /kal i graf ik/, calligraphical, adj. calligraphically, adv. /keuh lig reuh fee/, n. 1. fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the… …
